Tag: slavery
Brazil’s Dual Legacy of Slavery and the Monarchy
What do most Americans know of Brazil? Hardly more than the samba, the homeland ...
Descendants of Escaped Slaves Clash with Navy in Brazil over Land
After decades of black resistance and at least five years of legal dispute, the ...
World Cup and Olympics: Just Another Example of Brazil’s Perverted Generosity
Brazilian history begins with a gesture of inverted generosity: civilizing the native population, exploiting ...
Brazil’s Child Labor: a Tradition Passed from Generation to Generation
“To force a child to work is to steal the future of that child.” ...
UN Calls for an End to Slavery in Brazil
An United Nations independent human rights expert has called Brazil to strengthen efforts to ...
121 Years After Abolition Brazil Is Still a Slave-ocratic Country
At a ceremony held at the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL), Marcos Vinicios Vilaça ...
No Water, No Toilet, US$ 6 a Day: The Life of a Brazilian Sugarcane Cutter
The mobile group of inspectors from Brazil’s Ministry of Labor and Employment (Ministério do ...
So Rich Brazil, So Many Poor Brazilians!
A few days ago, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book Lula of Brazil: The ...
Up to Half a Million Kids Exploited for Prostitution in Brazil
Brazil is among the 50 nations that are part of the second tier of ...
Brazil’s Congress and the Joy of Treading Mud While Staying in Place
In these weeks leading up to the 120th anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery ...